[Mingw-msys] fork errors when running configure script

[Infidel - <cod...@ho...>]

Hi again :)

When I try to build libstdc++ (a recent snapshot), I get the following error 
in 'configure':

      0 [main] sh 1596067 fork_copy: user/cygwin data pass 2 failed, 
0x9E0000..0xBE8000, done 0, windows pid 4294446449, Win32 error 8
/devl/gcc/libstdc++-v3/configure: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
      0 [main] sh 1580019 fork_copy: user/cygwin data pass 2 failed, 
0x9E0000..0xBE8000, done 0, windows pid 4294609041, Win32 error 8
/devl/gcc/libstdc++-v3/configure: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
100446 [main] sh 1580019 fork_copy: user/cygwin data pass 2 failed, 
0x9E0000..0xBE8000, done 0, windows pid 4293348361, Win32 error 8
/devl/gcc/libstdc++-v3/configure: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
make: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1

I am using MSYS 1.0.6 with DLL snapshot 20020402 on Windows 98, a Celeron 
333 with 96 MB RAM. I have the same result running from rxvt or from just 
sh.

The error happens a long way into the configure script, but at a different 
place each time I have tried it. This, and the "Win32 error 8" 
(ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY) might suggest that virtual memory is simply 
running out, since the script has 20K+ lines.

However, if I look at the total memory usage in System Monitor, there is 
very little change during execution of the script, and the swapfile only 
reaches about 120 MB. After I get this error, I am returned to the sh 
prompt, but if I then try to run any Windows console program, I get an error 
from Windows that there is not enough memory. On the other hand, I CAN run 
ANY Windows GUI program (e.g. IE 5), and Resource Meter reports 68% system 
resources free.

Also, I did not have this problem on a different computer running Windows 
2000, though that system also has more memory.

BTW, Sorry if I am becoming a nuisance :-)

Infidel


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